Hymenoptera of North Carolina
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Panurginus potentillae (Crawford, 1916) - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Family: Andrenidae Subfamily: PanurginaeTribe: PanurginiChecklist Number: 588.00                                                                                  
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Photographs: BugGuide, Discover Life, GBIF, iNaturalist
                                                                                 
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
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Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Flight Comments:
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Potentilla canadensis is a widespread, weedy species, as are our other two native species in this genus, P. simplex and P. norvegica; a number of other species are introduced.
Larval Host Plants: Oligolectic, specialized on Potentilla species (Folwer and Droege, 2020). Also on Fragaria (Carril and Wilson, 2021).
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR
State Protection:
Comments: Considered rare by Fowler and Droege (2020)